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Ferdinando Meglio
Ferdinando Meglio (Dino), born 1959 in Napoli, Italian sabre fencer; three Olympic team sabre medals (gold 1984, silver 1980, bronze 1988) across four Games, 1980–1992.
Ferdinando Scianna
Ferdinando Scianna, born in Bagheria, Sicily in 1943, is an Italian photographer and the first Italian admitted to Magnum Photos, known for reportage on Sicilian religious festivals and fashion photography for Dolce & Gabbana.
Ferdinando Terruzzi
Ferdinando "Nando" Terruzzi (1924–2014), Italian track cyclist, 1948 London Olympic tandem gold with Perona; won 25 of 149 six-day races, nicknamed King of the Six Days.
Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi (Abu'l-Qāsem Ferdowsi Tusi, 940–1019/1025), Persian epic poet of Tus, Khorasan, author of the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), completed 1010 CE after about 30 years; national epic of Iran, key source for pre-Islamic Persian history and language preservation.
Ferdowsi Millenary Celebration
The Ferdowsi Millenary Celebration (Jašn-e hazāra) was a series of scholarly ceremonies held in 1934 for the thousandth anniversary of Ferdowsi's birth, including the inauguration of his mausoleum at Ṭūs.
Ferdydurke
Ferdydurke is a grotesque novel by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, published in Warsaw in 1937, in which a thirty-year-old narrator is returned to school.
Ferenc Bene
Ferenc Bene (1944–2006), Hungarian footballer and Olympic champion with Hungary at Tokyo 1964, where his 12 goals remain an Olympic record; Újpest striker with 303 league goals.
Ferenc Csik
Ferenc Csik (Csík Ferenc, 1913-1945), Hungarian swimmer and physician; surprise 1936 Berlin Olympic 100 m freestyle champion (57.6) and 4x200 m relay bronze medalist; killed in an air raid as an Army doctor.
Ferenc Csipes
Ferenc Csipes (born 1965, Budapest), Hungarian sprint kayaker, Olympic K4 1000 m champion at Seoul 1988 with two further silvers, 8-time world champion, later master coach of Hungary's Olympic-gold women's kayak four.
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák (1803–1876) was a Hungarian jurist and statesman, known as the Wise Man of the Nation, who led the moderate liberals and negotiated the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, creating the dual monarchy.
Ferenc Erkel
Ferenc Erkel (Hungarian name order: Erkel Ferenc; 1810–1893) was a Hungarian composer, conductor, and pianist who composed Hungary's national anthem and founded Hungarian national opera.
Ferenc Faludi
Ferenc Faludi (Hungarian: Faludi Ferenc, 1704–1779) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest, poet, and translator, a leading figure of Hungarian rococo literature and a creator of modern Hungarian prose.
Ferenc Gyurcsány
Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian businessman and Socialist politician, prime minister 2004–2009; won the 2006 re-election, launched austerity after the leaked Őszöd speech, resigned in 2009, then led the Democratic Coalition.
Ferenc Herczeg
Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and editor, celebrated as the 'king of writers', who edited Új Idők for half a century and was thrice nominated for the Nobel Prize.
Ferenc Kazinczy
Ferenc Kazinczy (1759–1831) was a Hungarian writer and the leading figure of the nyelvújítás, the Hungarian language reform of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Ferenc Kemény (sports manager)
Ferenc Kemény was a Hungarian educator and sports organizer, a founding member of the International Olympic Committee in 1894 and founder of the Hungarian Olympic movement.
Ferenc Keseru
Ferenc Keserű (Keserű I, 1903–1968), Hungarian water polo player: Olympic gold 1932, silver 1928, fifth 1924; three-time European champion; brother of Alajos Keserű; distinct from the 1946-born Olympic cyclist of the same name.
Ferenc Kocsis
Ferenc Kocsis, Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler born 1953 in Budapest, nicknamed Csikó; 1980 Moscow Olympic gold at 74 kg, 1979 world champion, four-time European champion; later coached Olympic champions Farkas and Majoros.
Ferenc Kölcsey
Ferenc Kölcsey (Kölcsey Ferenc, 1790–1838) was a Hungarian poet, critic, and Reform Era politician whose poem the Himnusz, set to music by Ferenc Erkel, became Hungary's national anthem.
Ferenc Krausz
Ferenc Krausz, born 1962 in Mór, Hungary, is a Hungarian-Austrian physicist who pioneered attosecond physics, measuring light pulses short enough to watch electrons move, and shared the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Ferenc Mikes
Ferenc Mikes, Hungarian middle-distance runner of the 1950s with Honvéd Budapest under coach Mihály Iglói; ran on the 4×1500 m relay world record teams of 1954 (15:21.2) and 1955 (15:14.8) with Tábori, Rózsavölgyi, and Iharos.
Ferenc Molnár
Ferenc Molnár, born Ferenc Neumann, was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and journalist whose youth novel The Paul Street Boys and play Liliom gained worldwide fame.
Ferenc Nádasdy
Ferenc Nádasdy is the name of several members of a wealthy Hungarian noble family, including a border-fortress commander, a royal judge executed in 1671, and a Habsburg field marshal.
Ferenc Nogradi
Ferenc Nógrádi (Neuwirth), Hungarian footballer, 1940–2009, left midfielder for Budapest Honvéd 1959–1966; won gold with Hungary in men's football at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, playing four matches including the 2–1 final win over Czechoslovakia.
Ferenc Paragi
Ferenc Paragi (1953-2016), Hungarian javelin thrower, set a world record of 96.72 m at Tata on 23 April 1980; five-time Hungarian champion who finished 10th at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Ferenc Pataki
Ferenc Pataki (1917–1988), Hungarian artistic gymnast, 1948 London Olympic floor exercise champion with 38.70 points, also vault and team bronze; 36-time Hungarian champion, later acrobatic performer and State Artist Training Institute teacher.
Ferenc Pulszky
Ferenc Pulszky (1814–1897) was a Hungarian politician, archaeologist, and art historian who served in the 1848 revolutionary government, lived in exile, and directed the Hungarian National Museum from 1869 to 1894.
Ferenc Puskás
Ferenc Puskás (Puskás Ferenc), Hungarian forward, captain of the Aranycsapat Golden Team and Real Madrid star; 84 goals in 85 Hungary caps, three European Cups, 1960 final four-goal game, namesake of FIFA's Puskás Award.
Ferenc Rajz
Ferenc Rajz (Rajz Ferenc, 1894–1972), Hungarian middle-distance runner and actor; set the 500 m world record of 1:07.6 in Budapest on 6 July 1913, the first authenticated athletics world record by a Hungarian.
Ferenc Rákóczi II
Ferenc Rákóczi II (II. Rákóczi Ferenc) was prince of Transylvania from 1704 to 1711 and leader of the Kuruc rebellion against Habsburg rule in Hungary, 1703 to 1711.